[TenTec] ORION died

[Carl Moreschi]

It sounds like an internal voltage regulator is messed up to me.  I would
check all the internal voltages from the regulators.

Carl Moreschi N4PY
121 Little Bell Drive
Bell Mountain
Hays, North Carolina 28635

----- Original Message -----
From: "Pfizenmayer" <pfizenmayer at worldnet.att.net>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, November 03, 2006 9:07 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] ORION died


> Any real Orion Gurus have any ideas - This afternoon I was working a guy
on
> 20 cw noticed the LCD display was blinking with keying . Tried changing
> contrast etc etc no help. Looked at PS current - was under 20 amps key
> down - power just under 100 watts . Tried into dummy load same LCD
> flickering , same currents and power.
>
> Tried other bands - no difference - Tried reducing power - no difference
in
> flickering until under 16 relative power setting. Decided to check power
> supply (ASTRON 35 M ) voltage drops under load and fuse and DC supply -
all
> looked OK. less than half volt from 13.8 to 13.3 .
>
> Turned off and mulled a bit - tried turning it back on and now it will not
> boot - treid doing a RAM clear - could faintly see battery message at top
.
> OFF and ON and no difference will not boot. Tried a master reset - cannot
do
> it.
>
> When the thing comes on the red ALC LED lights dimly - - the SYSTEM
LOADING
> message shows up  dimly then fades out in about two or three contrast
steps
> every 5 seconds - repeats - sometimes the Smeter will light up breifly , a
> relay clicks and it repeats but this is random. I might also note the LCD
> display is sort of blue at turn on the goes to grey and black.
>
> Any ideas for me tonight - ??? . It worked fine all weekend last weekend
in
> CQWWPH.Worked fine all week on random qso's - all cw.
>
> Looks like I am most likely back to my TR7 for CWSS.
>
>
> ???? Thanks _ Hank K7HP
>
>
>
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